#388BAD#388BAD

#388BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.094 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BAD
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, -14.04, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 28.90, 240.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.0624 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.094 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4033, 22.3211, 42.8656)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BAD #AD5A38

analogous

#38AD95 #388BAD #3850AD

triadic

#388BAD #AD388B #8BAD38

tetradic

#388BAD #9538AD #AD5A38 #50AD38

square

#388BAD #9538AD #AD5A38 #50AD38

split-complementary

#388BAD #AD3850 #AD9538

monochromatic

#1A4151 #29667F #388BAD #59A9C9 #87C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#388BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#388BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BAD

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BAD	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.094 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadc5',
    500: '#388bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bad;
$custom-light: #7cadc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.436,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6007,
    "c": 0.09433,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BAD

secondary

#C2927F

accent

#764DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BAD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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